Volvo XC60 crowned 'Best Premium SUV' at Auto Express Awards

The Volvo XC60 has been crowned ‘Best Premium SUV’ at the Auto Express New Car Awards 2017.

Thanks to its interior quality, design, techology, spaciouness and comfort-oriented approach, the XC60 has been praised by the Auto Express judges;

“A level of safety, connectivity and autonomous technology that leads the sector…a very easy car to live with day-to-day”.

“Volvo has done it again with the XC60. The XC90 has been a serial winner at our Awards and now the XC60 wins at the first attempt. It’s another super-stylish SUV from Volvo that offers a level of quality, comfort and technology that rivals can’t - it really is the complete package.” Steve Fowler, Editor-in-chief of Auto Express

‘Best Premium SUV’ Auto Express New Car Awards 2017

The new XC60 won praise for its interior quality, design, technology, spaciousness and comfort-oriented approach. Auto Express’ expert testers also said the XC60 has “a level of safety, connectivity and autonomous technology that leads the sector” and that “will be a very easy car to live with day-to-day”.

The second-generation model has all of the advanced connectivity and safety equipment introduced in Volvo’s award-winning range of large premium cars. It also brings Volvo’s latest elegant Scandinavian design to the mid-size SUV class, along with the brand’s ground-breaking Sensus touchscreen control system.

The XC60 is available with a range of powerful yet efficient engines, including the innovative T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid. This combines a petrol engine with an electric motor, making it a near-silent zero-emission city car one minute and high-performance family SUV the next. With CO2 emissions of just 49 g/km, the T8 is also exceptionally tax-efficient.

Jon Wakefield, Managing Director of Volvo Car UK, said: “Winning the Auto Express ‘Best Premium SUV’ award is a fantastic testament to the quality and desirability of the new XC60. The XC60 brings all the style, sophistication and cutting-edge connectivity and safety features from our largest cars to our best-selling model, introducing the fruits of Volvo’s transformation to even more owners.”